Life has been turned upside down for Coco Bean.
Uprooted from her beloved hometown of Burton-on-the-Bush, she must leave behind her best friends Kate and Rose when her parents decide to move to France.
Little does she know, in the process of renovating the old Hotel Framboise, Coco will discover that more than just years of dust has been disturbed.
There is a ghost!
Monsieur Framboise, the famous chocolatier who owned the hotel before Coco’s parents bought it, is not happy and cannot rest until he discovers who killed him.
An avid baker herself, Coco soon finds herself sympathising with the ghost rather than being scared of him.
How can Coco and her new friend Louis, help Monsieur Framboise to solve the mystery and let him find peace, and his true love, at last?
If they don’t – what will happen to the Hotel Framboise?
What an adventure, moving to France, having to learn a new language, make new friends and on top of all that, living with a ghost!
Everything is thrown at Coco Bean at once, but she is strong and resourceful. Her love of baking comes across just as well as her resilience.
The ancient Hotel Framboise with its crumbling walls and secret rooms is a perfect setting for this wonderful, light-hearted ghost story.
A story of friendship, humour, evil deeds, compassion and mystery, Death by Chocolate has it all in spoonfuls!
One to read at Easter – or anytime you fancy reading about a bit of chocolate heaven. I thoroughly enjoyed this treat of a book.
Try out the recipe for Baisers au Chocolat (Chocolate Kisses) at the end of the book!
I am already looking forward to Book Two of Coco Bean Investigates.
Cover illustration by Emily Jones
Published by Chicken House Books
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